The holiday's history runs deeper than just candy and creepy masks

The business of getting back to the roots
of Halloween can be a fun, creative time for families to spend
together, too. Here are a few ideas to get you going that don’t involve
candy or store-bought plastic masks.

Some people will go all-out for
Halloween-themed snacks and build monsters out of Jell-o or make
cupcakes that look like black cats, but that takes a lot of effort and
creativity. Here are some fast ideas to whip up some spooky snacks and
cocktails that are pretty decent/thematic.

Reality and fantasy collide at Waynesville's ScareDown

An acquaintance of mine despises haunts. She considers Halloween itself
to be ugly and horror entertainment in general to be a symptom of
first-world mental illness. If she knew the details of Waynesville’s new
haunt ScareDown, she’d probably have additional objections.